Accomodations

Support for Students with Disabilities

The digital SAT Suite will continue to offer students with disabilities the same range of accommodations available for the paper test. The following is a list of examples of accommodations commonly offered as part of the digital SAT Suite. Accommodations aren’t limited to those listed, as the College Board considers any reasonable accommodation for any documented disability as long as a student qualifies for testing accommodations. The process for requesting accommodations will remain the same.

 

• Timing and Scheduling

  • ​extended time: time and one-half (+50%), double time (+100%), more than double time (>+100%)

  • extra/extended breaks​​

• Reading/Seeing Text

  • text to speech​

  • braille with raised line drawings, contracted

• Recording Answers

  • writer/scribe to record responses​

  • braille writer

• Modified Setting

  • small-group setting​

  • wheelchair accessibility

• Other

  • permission for food/drink/medication​

  • permission to test blood sugar

  • auditory amplification/FM system

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Support for English Learners (ELs)

College Board will continue to offer testing support for English learners (EL) during SAT School Day, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9 administrations. These supports aren’t available for SAT Weekend administrations or for the PSAT/NMSQT.

Testing support includes: 

• Translated test directions

• Use of bilingual word-to-word dictionaries

• Time and one-half (+50%) extended testing time

Students who meet the following criteria at the time of testing can use EL supports. 

• They are enrolled in an elementary or secondary school in the United States or one of the U.S. territories. 

• They are an English learner as defined by their state or federal policy. 

• They use the same supports in class or for other assessments. 

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